Congrats Raychem, your first EPDs are live

What Raychem just published

Raychem’s debut set includes 12 product‑specific EPDs covering electric floor‑heating cables and boards, self‑regulating heat‑trace cables for freeze protection and hot‑water maintenance, plus compatible controllers and connection kits. Examples span T2Red and T2Black floor‑heating cables, XL‑Trace Edge and HWAT trace‑heating cables, FrostGuard kits, the T2Reflecta insulation board, and control gear like AT‑TS and RAYSTAT V5. The first wave was issued in April 2025, with a follow‑on for T2Blue+ in September 2025.

Operator and LCA partner

These EPDs are published by UL Solutions as the program operator, with WAP Sustainability listed as the LCA developer and verifier on the documents. If UL is where your customers already look, this choice keeps checking and sharing the record straightforward. For a quick primer on UL’s verification approach, see our operator overview (EPD Guide: UL Solutions).

What the scope actually covers

Several declarations are product‑family EPDs that group variants by cable wattage or kit length, which is helpful when projects scale across multiple room sizes or pipe runs. The heat‑trace entries cover common building uses like pipe freeze protection and domestic hot‑water temperature maintenance. The floor‑heating entries cover under‑screed installs and pair with the listed thermostats so specifiers can model whole‑system choices without guesswork.

Why this matters in specs now

More tenders expect third party verified, product‑specific EPDs. When a product lacks one, teams often fall back to conservative defaults that make pricing look worse than it is. With Raychem’s results on the record, project teams can compare directly, keep designs intact, and avoid late swaps. That is real leverage in competitive MEP packages.

Competitive picture

Danfoss, through its DEVI brand, already lists EPDs for electric heating cables under the International EPD System, so Raychem’s coverage helps close a visibility gap in floor‑heating cables. Warmup and Thermon are notable players in these categories, yet we did not find current product‑specific EPDs for them in the public database set we checked as of today. That suggests Raychem gains an edge in projects where verified data is a hard requriement.

Company background, in brief

Raychem is a long‑standing name in electric heat‑tracing and comfort floor‑heating for buildings, serving architects, MEP engineers, and contractors that need freeze protection, hot‑water maintenance, roof and gutter de‑icing, and space‑heating solutions. The portfolio spans cables, connection systems, and controls, which is exactly the set reflected in this first EPD wave. It is a practical fit, not a vanity move.

Where to find the documents

Raychem’s EPDs are already listed on the company’s site. Here is the central page for quick access: Raychem EPDs. If additional products get added, keeping this hub linked from product and spec pages will help specifiers re‑pull the latest PDFs without hunting.

Takeaway for the market

Raychem has entered the transparency arena with a portfolio‑level first step. Against Danfoss they now look comparable on floor‑heating EPD coverage. Against brands without published EPDs, they look easier to specify. For manufacturers watching from the sidelines, the lesson is simple. Start with the products that drive near‑term bids, group logical variants into a family EPD where allowed, and make the documents one click away on your site.